Always steel-to-steel match against Croatia: Iceland coach

IANS  |  Kaliningrad (Russia) 

said his team will give all out to beat and expects a tough match against their old foes in the last round of Group D actions.

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"We know the scenario when we play Croatia. I know the match will be very hard and normally it is to steel, not a lot of chances but a lot of yellow cards and in three games out of four we have had a red card," Hallgrimsson said of their previous encounters.

Iceland finished above Croatia in their qualifying tournament and the two sides have met four times in the last four years.

"We are like a married couple that want a divorce, but we always meet again," Hallgrimsson said with a smile.

"We know what kind of game it is going to be. Croatia have shown what they can beat strong teams.A They have had two really good performances. Their 3-0 victory against was a good example of how good Croatia is. However, we also have confidence because we finished ahead of them in the qualifying tournament and we beat them once," the added.

Croatia now leads the group with six points and is second with 3 points. Both Iceland and Argentina collected one point piece.

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First Published: Sat, June 23 2018. 11:26 IST